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>> you have to take some big whacks at social security. what would you offer them they would allow them to vote for something that would be very difficult for them? >> any ideas, you can pass them on. we have a serious challenge facing the country. in addition to the three challenges i outlined, we are up against the debt limit. while some think that we could go past august the second, i frankly think it puts us in an awful lot of jeopardy and put our economy in jeopardy, risking even more jobs. i believe it is important we come to an agreement, but it has to be agreement there really does fundamentally change our spending and our debt situation. >> given how far apart you describe yourself, what you hope will come out of sunday? >> i do not know. a lot of conversations are continuing. in all honesty, i do not think things have narrowed. i do not think that this problem has narrowed at all in the last several days. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >>
>> you have to take some big whacks at social security. what would you offer them they would allow them to vote for something that would be very difficult for them? >> any ideas, you can pass them on. we have a serious challenge facing the country. in addition to the three challenges i outlined, we are up against the debt limit. while some think that we could go past august the second, i frankly think it puts us in an awful lot of jeopardy and put our economy in jeopardy, risking...
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i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going after the cutting-edge biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow, for example, brazil to run about a third of its transportation system on biofuels. now, they get it from sugar cane and it's a more efficient conversion process than corn-based ethanol. and so us doing more basic research in finding better ways to do the same concept i think is the right way to go. q i believe you addressed this next one, so we're going to skip past it. the president: i did. q but from ryan: "i would cut defense spending." q and james: "i'd cut c
i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going...
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how are we going to -- to create, you know, the next big thing but make sure production is here, so it's great that we have an apple that's creating ipods, ipads and designing them and creating the software, but it would be nice if we're also making the ipad and ipods here in the united states because that's more jobs that people can work at, and they are going to be a series of decisions that we're going to make. number one, are we investing in research and development in order to emphasize technology? and a lot of that has to come from government. that's how the internet got formed. that's how gps got formed. companies on their own can't always finance the basic research because they can't be assured that they will get a return on it. number two, we've got drastically improved how we train our work force and our kids around math and science and technology. number three, we've got to have a top-notch infrastructure to support advanced manufacturing, and we've got to look at sectors where we know this is going to be the future, something like clean energy, for example. for us not to be t
how are we going to -- to create, you know, the next big thing but make sure production is here, so it's great that we have an apple that's creating ipods, ipads and designing them and creating the software, but it would be nice if we're also making the ipad and ipods here in the united states because that's more jobs that people can work at, and they are going to be a series of decisions that we're going to make. number one, are we investing in research and development in order to emphasize...
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but we've always going to be the yeah the feel because he's always going to be a big fellow well a convicted felon he may be but after serving a decade on death row cory may is finally a free man police lot reads the death penalty racism and the drug war all factor into this tragic story an exclusive report in just a bit. to see around the world cases. now rape murder and we see there are there cases in which there's actually been will best occasional prosecution and it's crimes like these that are on the fence contractors a bad name and your business couldn't be better for mercenary forces what's behind all this and what does it mean for america's countless wars. to evening it's wednesday july twenty seventh i'm lisa caputo here in washington d.c. and of course they are watching our t.v. and we begin today with what else about our ongoing international crisis now less than one week folks in fact by these six hours and counting that's how much time is left until the end of the world's terrifying august second apocalyptic deadline which keep in mind we've already moved three times now and so
but we've always going to be the yeah the feel because he's always going to be a big fellow well a convicted felon he may be but after serving a decade on death row cory may is finally a free man police lot reads the death penalty racism and the drug war all factor into this tragic story an exclusive report in just a bit. to see around the world cases. now rape murder and we see there are there cases in which there's actually been will best occasional prosecution and it's crimes like these that...
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. >>> well, the big story today, debt-struction. a lot of political shenanigans, developments coming fast and furious,y might expect this afternoon. widely, the markets are expecting a deal of some findish even if it's a band thade doesn't do much. we'll see what it mean. good afternoon. i'm dylan ratigan. a mass of house votes on yet another revised version of speaker boehner's deal. all of these deal, lick nickels and -- the final vote won't come until later tonight if boehner can whip up the 216 votes to do the deal. couldn't do it yesterday. we start with luke rurt on capitol hill. mike viqueira on standby at the white house. we begin with you, luke. tell me about a tea party politician who ran for the congress in objection to the back room arm twisting where i say i'll take away funding for the bridge, the sochool, the hospital if you don't vote on this? people wouldn't tolerate that and i imagine they're saying i'll withdraw your funding if you don't say yes on this vote? >> the house gop banned earmarks. weren't of the reason
. >>> well, the big story today, debt-struction. a lot of political shenanigans, developments coming fast and furious,y might expect this afternoon. widely, the markets are expecting a deal of some findish even if it's a band thade doesn't do much. we'll see what it mean. good afternoon. i'm dylan ratigan. a mass of house votes on yet another revised version of speaker boehner's deal. all of these deal, lick nickels and -- the final vote won't come until later tonight if boehner can...
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the job needed to protect our health is simply too big for state regulators alone. an example of significant noncompliance from the bush administration in 2001 and 2006, the bush administration found that macey energy, the same company responsible for the big branch mine disaster, had accrued over 2,000 significant violations and the state didn't have the resources to hold them accountable. under significant noncompliant, the bush administration was able to watch macy. this bill offers the most extreme polluters a get out of jail free card. and it backs up state authority and to successfully and reasonably keeps these people in check. the e.p.a. can keep a closer eye, that's all, a closer eye on the most extreme violators of the law. polluters who are habitually noncompliant. without my amendment, this bill would mean that our nation's worst offenders would be free from e.p.a. scrutiny with sole authority being new, less organized and naive state programs right for loopholes and some of which don't have the scale to adequately regulate what's at stake. mr. speaker,
the job needed to protect our health is simply too big for state regulators alone. an example of significant noncompliance from the bush administration in 2001 and 2006, the bush administration found that macey energy, the same company responsible for the big branch mine disaster, had accrued over 2,000 significant violations and the state didn't have the resources to hold them accountable. under significant noncompliant, the bush administration was able to watch macy. this bill offers the most...
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the deficit is like tip o'neil big and fat and out of control. it was never personal and never in the sense they are doing today. >> where did this go? the president is saying that we don't have a dole by august 2nd we are defaulting. >> no, we are not defaulting. everyone knows it is raised. all of the checks will be paid and everyone will be paid . frankly the issue of the budget deficit and government spending and all of that. we have plenty of time and not that we shouldn't have done it sooner than later. the u.s. is not greece or portugal and the way of basing the tax rate increases and changes in obama care should be handled in the election. this is november 2012 issue. i would like to see a short term debt deal and let it be fought out in election time. that's where the voters make the choice . the end game is november 2012 and obama is playing it poorly and poll numbers are showing he's not getting advantage out of being mean and nasty and holding the u.s. hostage. this is not to his political advantage either. >> art, thank you. >>> and
the deficit is like tip o'neil big and fat and out of control. it was never personal and never in the sense they are doing today. >> where did this go? the president is saying that we don't have a dole by august 2nd we are defaulting. >> no, we are not defaulting. everyone knows it is raised. all of the checks will be paid and everyone will be paid . frankly the issue of the budget deficit and government spending and all of that. we have plenty of time and not that we shouldn't have...
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>> i think this is the big question. either that was a brilliant performance, where no one can lay a glove on him, because he didn't know anything and can't speak to any of the details, or he really has lost it. i think that all of my experience with him, and all of the experience of other people who have worked with him say that he is very much in the details of his company and the operations. >> what were your impressions? do you think that he was being gen wine or not? do you think the members of parliament were convinced he didn't know anything? >> i think for once, reverend al, being 80 years old was deployed to great effect. he looked pitiful and pained, couldn't remember names, places, times. couldn't remember the fact that reporters under his watch in his company blackmailed, paid police officers, illegally hacked people's phones. he didn't know any of it. yet interestingly, whenever it came to answering the direct question, he was absolutely adamant and robust -- no, he didn't know, and it was all the blame of p
>> i think this is the big question. either that was a brilliant performance, where no one can lay a glove on him, because he didn't know anything and can't speak to any of the details, or he really has lost it. i think that all of my experience with him, and all of the experience of other people who have worked with him say that he is very much in the details of his company and the operations. >> what were your impressions? do you think that he was being gen wine or not? do you...
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you know what my big fear is? my big fear is not it's going to be a default on the united states debt, my big fear is there is going to be a default on the promise of america. my you big fear is that the government is doing so much that we as people may think that we get to do so little. the government's not taking care of anyone, the government is taking from people who would have taken care of someone, and is feeling that responsibility for nurturing our neighbors. it is not the government's job to feed the hungry in my community, it's my job. it's not the government's job to reach out to the least of these, it's my job. we are talking about children here on the house floor here today, as we are talking about the most vulnerable of these, i think back to steny hoyer's words in 1995, but when it comes to balanced budgets, when it comes to running up deficits, the person who gets hurt the worst when reckless government spending goes unchecked are the least of these. are the children. i agree with him 100%. what ar
you know what my big fear is? my big fear is not it's going to be a default on the united states debt, my big fear is there is going to be a default on the promise of america. my you big fear is that the government is doing so much that we as people may think that we get to do so little. the government's not taking care of anyone, the government is taking from people who would have taken care of someone, and is feeling that responsibility for nurturing our neighbors. it is not the government's...
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how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe if u had someone in your lineage who had been elected to the highest office which was council. roman council. there were two elected every year. and usually they were elected from the families that already were aristocratic families. >> how did rome fit into italy? >> rome, by this time, by the late republic, dominated all of italy. and there were struggles going on. ceasar was one of them. by people who wanted to extend citizenship beyond rome to much of italy. to the other provinces of italy. so that they would not be subjects, they would be citizens. >> define a
how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe...
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about the big picture i'm tom arbonne coming up in this half hour the g.o.p. opposed the new budget once again safeguarding their wealthy buddies while cutting benefits for the middle class so who is the man.
about the big picture i'm tom arbonne coming up in this half hour the g.o.p. opposed the new budget once again safeguarding their wealthy buddies while cutting benefits for the middle class so who is the man.
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apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week and, certainly, to the exact month the united states military was bombing libya, and the world was wrapped with the detention about a nuclear meltdown at chernobyl. those two things happened almost exactly 25 years ago to the month. so as much of this is pop culture, some of it is very, very real. and what i argue in the book is that the popular culture of the 1980s, the iconography of the 1980s in many ways has inspired the way we hook at real world -- look at real world events and how real world, i guess you would call them actors, behave today. so here are just, again, some examples,
apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week...
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a couple of big wars. which instead of everybody being patriotic and really assist the country, we borrow and do it on a credit card. that's a couple trillion dollars. then we have a crash on wall street. another $2 trillion or $3 trillion. that's where the debt came from. i could lay the blame at the feet of the republican leadership and administration, but we are where we are and we've got to deal with it. it's got to be done in a balanced way. both the revenue side of the ledger and the expense side of the ledger. if our goal is to pay down the debt, you need more revenue and you need less expense. it's both sides. you can't just say, we're going to cut, cut, cut. we're going to take it out of medicare, we're going to privatize social security, we're going to eliminate early childhood education. you've got to deal with the expenses and we know that. but you've got to have revenue and in this instance, the republicans say you know what, we're not going to have additional taxes for millionaires and billio
a couple of big wars. which instead of everybody being patriotic and really assist the country, we borrow and do it on a credit card. that's a couple trillion dollars. then we have a crash on wall street. another $2 trillion or $3 trillion. that's where the debt came from. i could lay the blame at the feet of the republican leadership and administration, but we are where we are and we've got to deal with it. it's got to be done in a balanced way. both the revenue side of the ledger and the...
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there will be -- education will take big hits with the pell grants. to achieve the so-called cuts they are talking about would mean that a lot of people could be severely hurt. >> but we cannot sustain this level of debt forever. >> we cannot, but here is what is wrong -- we have to get control of the deficit, but we do not want to do anything on the revenue side. all of the pain is coming from the cuts. you are still leaving those tax cuts to the wealthy untouched, still living subsidies in for the oil companies untouched. everything to the poor folks and middle-class folks, they bear the brunt of it. >> met monday this week -- "my view is we should have a president who agrees to cut, cap, and balance the budget" -- mitt romney. >> he does not want to get too far out on a limb in the spirit in the grand bargain, there were revenue increases, closing loopholes that nobody wants to defend, except for grover norquist, who is having an incredible amount of power in this debate. there's a counter intuitive thing here. you have to spend some to get out of
there will be -- education will take big hits with the pell grants. to achieve the so-called cuts they are talking about would mean that a lot of people could be severely hurt. >> but we cannot sustain this level of debt forever. >> we cannot, but here is what is wrong -- we have to get control of the deficit, but we do not want to do anything on the revenue side. all of the pain is coming from the cuts. you are still leaving those tax cuts to the wealthy untouched, still living...
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big challenges often look that way. today, however, i can say clearly that we have stopped a president in growing our government an begin to head down a path towards prosperity for our nation and freedom. it's a good day. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, last week the united nations declared famine in somalia and reported urgent needs in ethiopia and kenya. on our nightly tv news and daily papers, we are seeing the pictures of people dying, children suffering extreme malnutrition, and mothers carrying their babies, walking over 100 miles in search of food and safe hache. tens of thousands of -- hiven. tens of thousands of people are seeking safe haven. this is send triest year on record since 1951. the impact has been compounded by war, neglect, and sigh spiraling food prices. some 11.5 million people across east africa ne
big challenges often look that way. today, however, i can say clearly that we have stopped a president in growing our government an begin to head down a path towards prosperity for our nation and freedom. it's a good day. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, last week the united nations declared...
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated powers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our responsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i t
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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are you ready to rumble and so it's time for today's big picture of all right a bit the week's biggest stories of the panel of expert political commentators but i'm joined in the studio by have been scal an ace on page editor of the daily caller joe madison host of the joe madison show on sirius x.m. satellite radio which airs weekdays six to ten am eastern time a gentle one twenty eight and brian darling columnist of human events and contributor to red state dot com big government dot com and director of government studies at the heritage foundation welcome to. the house passed john boehner has built two hundred eighteen to two hundred sound it's week to buy but it's got some very very strange provisions in it this is the deal. no way according to harry reid the house of representatives. and. given that it has absolutely no chance of passing the house a why even bother and be the fact that it's got this. balanced budget amendment in it now and you know the commission and all of this that when the republicans totally drank and drank the the tea party kool-aid vince you know i think wha
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social security and social programs entitle ments bearing the brunt of this big compromise but given the deadlock that we've seen in washington and the inability to get any kind of deal do you think there is even going to be any big compromise. well sort of a compromise a story to be more people build really people that are ins military people these are people who are going to be. basically paid the money borrowed to provide tax cuts ridge road. and quick i'd like you know it was a compromise ok and quickly we'll have to wait to see exactly what ends up on the cutting table or what gets spent but one thing that you want is defense and that's something that we talk about a lot actually on on my show on our shows about the necessity of that on a day like today where we see terror attacks in oslo does this instantiate some of the amounts of u.s. defense spending when when we see that the united states has done a pretty good job of keeping care attacks from iraq in u.s. soil since nine eleven. well the issue of the deficit is that the money was part of floor for crazy programs like a vir
social security and social programs entitle ments bearing the brunt of this big compromise but given the deadlock that we've seen in washington and the inability to get any kind of deal do you think there is even going to be any big compromise. well sort of a compromise a story to be more people build really people that are ins military people these are people who are going to be. basically paid the money borrowed to provide tax cuts ridge road. and quick i'd like you know it was a compromise...
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visit remax.com today. >>> is chris christie a big tease? from the start the brash new jersey governor said there's no way he is running for president. but his actions have a lot of people wondering. today, he showed up in des moines, iowa for a conference and republican fund-raiser. last week, he met with the group of wealthy conservatives who asked him to run. >>> and back in may, some iowa businessmen also tried to convince him to get in. governor christie, either you are keeping alive the rumor or you need to get a new person in your scheduling office. they have a suspicious way of moving you around. from the teachers to the students. i had a student the other day that said... "miss stacy, this class is changing the way that i look at things." sparking that interest and showing them that math and science are exciting... it's why i teach. ♪ i know they can, even when they think they can't. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art st
visit remax.com today. >>> is chris christie a big tease? from the start the brash new jersey governor said there's no way he is running for president. but his actions have a lot of people wondering. today, he showed up in des moines, iowa for a conference and republican fund-raiser. last week, he met with the group of wealthy conservatives who asked him to run. >>> and back in may, some iowa businessmen also tried to convince him to get in. governor christie, either you are...
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s and big corporations call all the shots. people made comments that understand -- focuses on making their lives better. unfortunately, because of politics in washington and extreme ideology, that's not happening. my republican colleagues have been very public about their interpretation to take apart medicare and medicaid to pay for yet another tax cut for the millionaires and billionaires and to preserve subsidies for big oil companies. they've decided our current economy is the fault of the american people and now they're going to empty middle-class pockets to pay for it. the talk in washington now is driven by ideology that really has nothing to do with cost savings or preserving the american people. what really it is about is who suffers and who dreams and ideology is more important than job creation and social security and medicare aren't worth paying for anymore. it's time we spend opportunity and protect the middle class. it's time to focus on the real crisis in america, the jobs crisis. the speaker pro tempore: the gen
s and big corporations call all the shots. people made comments that understand -- focuses on making their lives better. unfortunately, because of politics in washington and extreme ideology, that's not happening. my republican colleagues have been very public about their interpretation to take apart medicare and medicaid to pay for yet another tax cut for the millionaires and billionaires and to preserve subsidies for big oil companies. they've decided our current economy is the fault of the...
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is always going to be a big element well a convicted felon he may be but justice has finally been served for pouri may now police swat raids the death penalty racism and the drugs more all factor into this tragic story stay tuned for our groundbreaking and exclusive report. you're seeing around the world faces that now being brave murder and received very rare cases in which these are actually from the best prosecution well as crimes like these that earth defense contractors a terrible name and yet business couldn't be better when it comes to mercenary forces coming up what this means for america and the countless wars. it's good evening it's wednesday july twenty seventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy coughing of you watching our t.v. . well we begin today with what else what are ongoing national crisis now less than a one week folks in fact five days seven hours and counting that's how much time is left until the end of the world scary august second apocalyptic deadline which by the way we already moved three times so despite the fact that raising this arbitrary debt ceiling
is always going to be a big element well a convicted felon he may be but justice has finally been served for pouri may now police swat raids the death penalty racism and the drugs more all factor into this tragic story stay tuned for our groundbreaking and exclusive report. you're seeing around the world faces that now being brave murder and received very rare cases in which these are actually from the best prosecution well as crimes like these that earth defense contractors a terrible name and...
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i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the world and the u.s. as well. it is not just an issue of wealth. it is also an issue of education. important, the comprehensive tax reform that is outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal sanity report under both from march would end up resulting with everybody and that making more than a stated percentage will pay something. those who end up having more and make more will pay more. we will have an even more progressive tax system. but the way we do it is through comprehe
i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there...
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coming up our big picture rommel joining me tonight are joe madison ryan darling and vince collin ace will be just as the great judge that debate right after the break. that's fine it's twenty four seven live streaming news towns like to tell you about the ongoing financial hurricane unlimited free high quality videos for download. and stories you may never find on mainstream news. from the. political. post and more aren't just. for. fun. are you ready to rumble and so it's time for tonight's big picture of all right a bit the week's biggest stories in the panel of expert political commentators and i'm joined in the studio by vince colonies page editor of the daily caller joe madison host of the joe madison show on sirius x.m. satellite radio which airs weekdays six to ten am eastern time a gentleman twenty eight and brian darling columnist of human events and contributor to red state dot com big government dot com and director of government studies at the heritage foundation welcome to. the house passed john boehner has built two hundred eighteen to two hundred ten it's to buy but it
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but they wear their big boy and big girl pants, and they made a decision to bring the prosecution. they put their best effort forward. that sometimes happens. as a prosecutor, you believe you have a good-faith basis, and it's for the community to short through that and decide whether or not you did or didn't. i couldn't agree with the prosecutor more with what he said. i am a grandma and a mom, and there's nothing about casey anthony that i like. but liking her doesn't equal proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> something you just mentioned, too, those 12 citizens sitting in there. they decided they did not want to speak to the media afterwards. who knows in the days or weeks or even months down the road if they come out and start doing interviews. but now there are some media out let's that have gone and filed a motion to have the jurors names released. the judge in this case did not release their names and said they would not be released. what happens in a case like this? does the media have a right to this information from the jurors? can this be a situation where there is safety
but they wear their big boy and big girl pants, and they made a decision to bring the prosecution. they put their best effort forward. that sometimes happens. as a prosecutor, you believe you have a good-faith basis, and it's for the community to short through that and decide whether or not you did or didn't. i couldn't agree with the prosecutor more with what he said. i am a grandma and a mom, and there's nothing about casey anthony that i like. but liking her doesn't equal proof beyond a...
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i'm a big proponent of regular order. i believe we get the best work product out of this body when we work through regular order and we've done that time and time and time again in this congress and we'll do it time and time again in the future. but today we're faced with a predicament where august 2 is looming on the horizon. now, it's friday, for folks who don't know, we're not going home tonight after work. don't worry, madam speaker, as you know, this house is going to be in full swing tonight, tomorrow morning, tomorrow night , on sunday, on monday to get america through this challenge. but my white house, my president tells me that august 2 is the day by which we must pass a bill and here we are at the last hour to make that happen. now, why are we at the last hour? that was a question my friend from colorado asked and i have the answer. because we didn't actually start this process today. we didn't start it last night in the rules committee, we started this process back in february with h.r. 1, a bill to fund the g
i'm a big proponent of regular order. i believe we get the best work product out of this body when we work through regular order and we've done that time and time and time again in this congress and we'll do it time and time again in the future. but today we're faced with a predicament where august 2 is looming on the horizon. now, it's friday, for folks who don't know, we're not going home tonight after work. don't worry, madam speaker, as you know, this house is going to be in full swing...
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where haas thou gone, big big? big bankses? bring back your lobbyists, your pr firms, your grassroots advocates yearning to bill more in fees. why won't the industries that stand to lose so much from house republicans intrance gens work to avoid their own losses? i think i know. nobody likes to admit a mistake. many of those organizationses helped to elect this tea party crowd. could it be they have buyer's remorse? if so, don't worry about it, guys, we forgive you. please, please by helping save your own skin and ours in the process. talk some sense into those house republicans. dylan? >> how much of the cognitive dissonance that you reference with the tea party crowd do you think is actually everywhere, there are people on the democratic side that expected a tremendous amount from this president and can't reconcile the attractive nature of hi rhetoric with the incredibly offensive nature of hi policies? the tea party crowd can't reconciles that? are we at a point -- it's not just forgiving the business businesses, it's almost
where haas thou gone, big big? big bankses? bring back your lobbyists, your pr firms, your grassroots advocates yearning to bill more in fees. why won't the industries that stand to lose so much from house republicans intrance gens work to avoid their own losses? i think i know. nobody likes to admit a mistake. many of those organizationses helped to elect this tea party crowd. could it be they have buyer's remorse? if so, don't worry about it, guys, we forgive you. please, please by helping...
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it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a refundable tax credit -- rare category -- it doesn't help them. 70% of americans don't touch it. what are the biggest deductions under the u.s. tax code today? i in all my wisdom and education and experience on capitol hill, i raised my hand to the teacher and said well, it's the mortgage interest deduction, right? wrong. the biggest single deduction is the employers exclusion for health care premiums. so employers are able to exclude from income the amount of money they spend for health insurance for their employees. that's t
it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a...
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are telling lawmakers to get this done now while they're debating what to cut and trying to find a big compromise on the deficit investigative journalist grade class of compromise is a misnomer and here is why boortz the compromise the look here's what's happened is that george bush when he was president from two thousand and one to two thousand and eight one of. the surplus given jim of eighty six billion dollars a year by bill clinton turned it into a six hundred million dollars per year deficit adding three trillion dollars us. eric cantor for all those bush's wars and for the weapons for the tax cuts now these guys don't want to pay the bill to try to get out of. there at the at the tax cuts for the itch or is somehow a compromise means that the. dollars will be paid for by eliminating benefits or the working class are going to change the eula for social security which is if you get caught before it's students who are eight much. older . and paying off debt created i george bush gregory ask you this that let me ask a couple questions whether or not it was george bush's fault that w
are telling lawmakers to get this done now while they're debating what to cut and trying to find a big compromise on the deficit investigative journalist grade class of compromise is a misnomer and here is why boortz the compromise the look here's what's happened is that george bush when he was president from two thousand and one to two thousand and eight one of. the surplus given jim of eighty six billion dollars a year by bill clinton turned it into a six hundred million dollars per year...
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coming up today on the big picture. you can. start. with. well the measure crosstalk i'm curious about to remind you we're talking about regime change in libya. egypt story. ok jim i'd like to go to you in london me we just heard omar mentioning about rapes and other heinous crimes being committed in libya right now but you know i looked away when mainstream media and you see those reports but then i checked and this the international human rights watch and they have not been able to determine any credible witnesses to mass rapes in khadafi libya now there seems to be a very big skewing of lines here between what mainstream media western governments and what reputable human rights groups have to say about what's happening in libya how do you explain that. i think the thing is very simple you cannot possibly take the question of libya or what happened in libya outside of the context of the nato powers interest geopolitical interest it makes no sense whatsoever i think the starting point of any discussion should remain what was agreed in the f
coming up today on the big picture. you can. start. with. well the measure crosstalk i'm curious about to remind you we're talking about regime change in libya. egypt story. ok jim i'd like to go to you in london me we just heard omar mentioning about rapes and other heinous crimes being committed in libya right now but you know i looked away when mainstream media and you see those reports but then i checked and this the international human rights watch and they have not been able to determine...
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to determine any credible witnesses to mass rapes in khadafi is libya now there seems to be a very big skewing of lines here between what mainstream media western governments and what reputable human rights groups have to say about what's happening in libya how do you explain that. i think the thing is very simple you cannot possibly take the question of libya or what happened in libya outside of the context of the nato powers interest geopolitical interest it makes no sense whatsoever i think the starting point of any discussion should remain what was agreed in the first half of the twentieth century and it should stay there the fact that they are shifting the position the fact that they are tearing up agreements in the first half of the twentieth century makes no difference if you abandon that as your starting point then i think you fall into the swamp and it's the very same swamp that was established in the first half of the twentieth century which arrived at the conclusion that you could not use humanitarian pretext for the intervention for the use of force on the world scale that
to determine any credible witnesses to mass rapes in khadafi is libya now there seems to be a very big skewing of lines here between what mainstream media western governments and what reputable human rights groups have to say about what's happening in libya how do you explain that. i think the thing is very simple you cannot possibly take the question of libya or what happened in libya outside of the context of the nato powers interest geopolitical interest it makes no sense whatsoever i think...
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our country is not succeeding because our military is too big. people call it the military and then it's hands off. it's not military. it's defense contractors. most of our weaponry is ridiculous. it's not -- it's for fighting the russians in 1978. we don't need that. what would make this country stronger is economics. that's where the future is. that's what makes a country strong. if you're not strong economically you are not -- >> piers: that's where america is increasingly weak. >> this is one reason. we could solve this debt deficit problem if we would do two simple things. tax the rich like they used to be taxed. not a hell of a lot more, just like they were under clinton and bring the troops home. not just from iraq and afghanistan, but we have half a million troops in bases across the world. >> piers: how many do the chinese have? >> none. they don't have troops. because they know this is not the way you achieve agemny in this world. >> piers: i did a documentary in shanghai recently. fascinating time to be out there. this dynamism that yo
our country is not succeeding because our military is too big. people call it the military and then it's hands off. it's not military. it's defense contractors. most of our weaponry is ridiculous. it's not -- it's for fighting the russians in 1978. we don't need that. what would make this country stronger is economics. that's where the future is. that's what makes a country strong. if you're not strong economically you are not -- >> piers: that's where america is increasingly weak....
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that's today's big story again. tonight on "special report," new movement from house republicans after a new plan from house speaker john boehner that has tea party congressmen jumping on board. harry reid says his plan is better, and some want president obama to act on his own to prevent the default. we'll explain. federal reserve officials say the u.s. economy worsened in much of the country during june and early july with high unemployment, weak home sales, and signs of a slowing in manufacturing. we'll look at the financial fallout ahead of a big announcement friday. and one of the country's most famous close its doors. we'll right foot history of the walter reed army medical center. "special report" starts at 6:00. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> all right. welcome back to "the five." now, this section is going to be on one of my favorite topics, which is the government spying on us. now, there's a new -- 40 police departments across the country, have now purchased something, which is a mobile o
that's today's big story again. tonight on "special report," new movement from house republicans after a new plan from house speaker john boehner that has tea party congressmen jumping on board. harry reid says his plan is better, and some want president obama to act on his own to prevent the default. we'll explain. federal reserve officials say the u.s. economy worsened in much of the country during june and early july with high unemployment, weak home sales, and signs of a slowing...
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it would have three big teaches and, again, the details of these -- it would have three big features, and again the details would be outlays need to equal revenues. that is the fundamental definition of a balance. you don't run deficits. you make sure that you spend no more than you take n the sieged thing that some of us feel strongly about and i'm one of them, we ought to limit spending as a percentage of our economy so that the government doesn't keep growing at the expense of the private sector, which is exactly what happens when the government occupies too large a segment of our economy. and finally, we've advocated that we not create a mechanism that simply guarantees big tax increases in order to balance the budget and to do that we would like -- and we have included a supermajority requirement to raise taxes. so that a simple majority wouldn't be enough. it would require a supermajority, which would only occur presumably in truly extraordinary circumstances. see, i believe very strongly that we can have strong economic growth and the job creation that we need. but to get there
it would have three big teaches and, again, the details of these -- it would have three big features, and again the details would be outlays need to equal revenues. that is the fundamental definition of a balance. you don't run deficits. you make sure that you spend no more than you take n the sieged thing that some of us feel strongly about and i'm one of them, we ought to limit spending as a percentage of our economy so that the government doesn't keep growing at the expense of the private...
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anything but unfortunately it's somebody had to try and pipe rupert and well he got to use that as a big distraction. so now when the pieing attempt was made a set of moving on continue to talk about the possible repercussions of this scandal for journalism for the murdoch media empire all eyes instead turn to rupert's wife wendy de charging with claws drawn to protect her man. q. days after her doc appeared before members of parliament much of the continuing buzz about his younger feisty wife it's the speed of the war we it's no longer windy the so-called gold digger voters some of the. crowd. he didn't target. the oh so easily distracted mainstream media immediately flip their gaze to talking about and creating buzz over crouching wendy hidden tiger as they have now decided to call her and in this case we're going to a specific thing or at c.n.n. to fox news is obviously ignoring the whole story but c.n.n. has gotten full force not only are they monitoring chinese blogs and even to look to the taiwanese animation makers to create an entire package about tiger's twenty . the ultimate ta
anything but unfortunately it's somebody had to try and pipe rupert and well he got to use that as a big distraction. so now when the pieing attempt was made a set of moving on continue to talk about the possible repercussions of this scandal for journalism for the murdoch media empire all eyes instead turn to rupert's wife wendy de charging with claws drawn to protect her man. q. days after her doc appeared before members of parliament much of the continuing buzz about his younger feisty wife...
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on the one hand we have people who say the government has grown too big. republicans are saying we cannot afford it anymore. it is hurting the economy. it's a vision for the future that is very, very different from our colleagues across the aisle who basically see government as much more engaged in the process and don't want to cut back on a number of programs, a number of initiatives, a number of policies that have been put in place over a number of years. and it's not quite that clearly divided by this aisle. there are people on both sides that have shades of one way or shades of the other way. but the reality is, if we look around the world and we lack at models as to what makes economies flourish and what makes governments financially stable, we see that an overgrowth of promises, an overpromising parliaments and congresses finally brings us to the point where you no longer can afford what you promise people. that's where we are now. and so without putting those practices in place, i fear that whatever we do won't be sufficient. we'll get the downgrade
on the one hand we have people who say the government has grown too big. republicans are saying we cannot afford it anymore. it is hurting the economy. it's a vision for the future that is very, very different from our colleagues across the aisle who basically see government as much more engaged in the process and don't want to cut back on a number of programs, a number of initiatives, a number of policies that have been put in place over a number of years. and it's not quite that clearly...
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. >> the big elephant in the room is downgrades. people aren't talking about what happens if we downgrade. that affects everybody watching. >> i don't trust anybody saying this stuff. i don't trust the moody people. i don't even know who they are. all these people are lousy accountants. they've never been right. >> and also, who elected moodies and standard & poor's to guide this? the onus is on the house republicans. they did their job. they passed two things. they passed a 2012 paul ryan budget actually deals with the long-term structural issues we're all worried about, and they passed cut, cap and balance, which also deals with this. cut, cap and balance is the only plan out there that can stave off moodies and standard & poor's, and yet the democrats won't take a vote on it in the senate. >> the idea of a balanced budget amendment, it ain't going to happen. you made a good point. you may not have default in the traditional sense, and moody's said it's a problem, it's a downgrade issue. the downgrade will have an immediate impact
. >> the big elephant in the room is downgrades. people aren't talking about what happens if we downgrade. that affects everybody watching. >> i don't trust anybody saying this stuff. i don't trust the moody people. i don't even know who they are. all these people are lousy accountants. they've never been right. >> and also, who elected moodies and standard & poor's to guide this? the onus is on the house republicans. they did their job. they passed two things. they passed...
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i've been anxiously awaiting for this particular program because i'm a big fan of ernest hemingway. several years ago, back in the '60s, a friend from the university of indiana sent me a copy of what was called "a man's credo" by ernest hemingway. i've never seen it published or heard about it from any source that i accessed and i was wondering if any viewer or your guests might have come across this. one of the quotes from the credo states, a long life oftentimes keeps man from his optimism. and i thought this was insightful given the fact that hemingway did commit suicide. i'll wait for your response. thank you. >> thanks very much. susan beegel is editor i should tell you. she teaches but she's also the editor of the hemingway review, which is published out at the university of idaho. she spent a lot of time with ernest hemingway's writing have you heard of a man's credo. >> i'm not familiar with it and i don't believe he wrote anything specifically titled to that. i would guess it might be a work where an editor had perhaps picked up quotations from hemingway and made a man's cr
i've been anxiously awaiting for this particular program because i'm a big fan of ernest hemingway. several years ago, back in the '60s, a friend from the university of indiana sent me a copy of what was called "a man's credo" by ernest hemingway. i've never seen it published or heard about it from any source that i accessed and i was wondering if any viewer or your guests might have come across this. one of the quotes from the credo states, a long life oftentimes keeps man from his...
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the proposing to do is that no fly zone to everyone here entertaining boots on the ground that's a big difference jim go ahead if if the if the head of the world's dominant military superpower and two. dominant members of nato declare that their intention is that the government of that country shoulder change that's the that's the issue and if they do it by violence without suppose you've got people to solve the issue that's an issue for. the folks on the street because we're only a month away from or four months away from it so let's not try to tear into because it will happen three four decades ago we all know it's all documented and these people want to try and they came out to protest they were massacred they were massacred there's been massacres in libya. why don't you want to hear what i saw when i was going to libya you know he was almost entirely and. then we saw today and we're going to put it up in the massacres. in the south of tripoli though unless of course. so you said back in february march where was the massacre you said don't know much about it well you know i'm talkin
the proposing to do is that no fly zone to everyone here entertaining boots on the ground that's a big difference jim go ahead if if the if the head of the world's dominant military superpower and two. dominant members of nato declare that their intention is that the government of that country shoulder change that's the that's the issue and if they do it by violence without suppose you've got people to solve the issue that's an issue for. the folks on the street because we're only a month away...
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you think about what the problem is that no fly zone to everyone here boots on the ground that's a big difference jim go ahead if if the if the head of goldman and military superpower and two. dominant members of nato they put their intention is that the government of that country shoal change that's the that's the issue and if they do it by violence the people that are so sure that the people decide the issue that's an issue. because we're only a month away from or four months away from it so let's not try to turn to because it will happen for republicans there we all know it's all documented and these people want the trains but a lot of protests they were massacred they were massacred has been last because and . why do you want to you want to replay it when we must go to libya go ahead is almost going to leave me a chair with a plume and without a layer of those who put it up in the massacres. in the south of tripoli though it's a curse. so you said back in february march where was the massacre you said the massacre where we're talking about under good food but have been crippling th
you think about what the problem is that no fly zone to everyone here boots on the ground that's a big difference jim go ahead if if the if the head of goldman and military superpower and two. dominant members of nato they put their intention is that the government of that country shoal change that's the that's the issue and if they do it by violence the people that are so sure that the people decide the issue that's an issue. because we're only a month away from or four months away from it so...
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i am a big supporter of biofuels. one thing that has become clear is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels made from things like wood chips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn. that is probably the least efficient energy producer of the various other approaches. it is important to examine if we're going after the cutting edge by diesel --biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow brazil to run about 1/3 of its transportation system on biofuels. they get it from sugar cane. it is a more efficient conversion process than corn- based ethanol. doing more research in finding better ways to do the same concepts, i think that is the right way to go. >> i believe you addressed this next one. we will skip past it. james says he would cut costs by cutting welfare programs. people will not try harder when they are handed everything. >> i think we should acknowledge that some welfare programs in the past were not well-designed. in some cases, they did encourage dependency. i worked
i am a big supporter of biofuels. one thing that has become clear is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels made from things like wood chips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn. that is probably the least efficient energy producer of the various other approaches. it is important to examine if we're going after the cutting edge by diesel --biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow brazil to run about 1/3 of its transportation system on biofuels....
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chairman, listening to small business owners and our local community bankers, not the big banks up in new york, but the local banks, and they have given me a clear indication of the struggle that our small business owners are having when it comes to acquiring credit. they are saying, we are not hiring account executives to go out and meet our small business owners but regulatory analysts to sort through dodd-frank. they are really struggling. mr. chairman what i have done in this amendment is to offer a reasonable solution that would require that bureau to pause and to calculate and to distribute to the public a clear indication of the impact the regulation would have both on the lending institution and on credit for our small business owners and individuals. i believe this is a very prudent bill, given the hyperactive nature of our federal government. it continues to grow, it continues to reach out and choke out the life of the small business entrepreneur. i would urge my colleagues to support this amendment. it really is about confidence. i think that the hard-working folks that i k
chairman, listening to small business owners and our local community bankers, not the big banks up in new york, but the local banks, and they have given me a clear indication of the struggle that our small business owners are having when it comes to acquiring credit. they are saying, we are not hiring account executives to go out and meet our small business owners but regulatory analysts to sort through dodd-frank. they are really struggling. mr. chairman what i have done in this amendment is...
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the big deal is really the deal they should make. i don't like the deal where we kick it down the road for six months. this is the time to make the deal. and i have to tell you, the republicans have the cards. people might not think that, but the republicans have all of the cards. and this is the time to get rid of obama care. this is the time to make the great deal. >> i've been following you on twitter, and you've been pretty aggressive about obama on the economy. you believe that he can't stop spending and that america has to stop spending. one of his beliefs, of course, is that he's got to get rid of these tax incentives for the rich. and look after the guys with no money. why would you oppose that as an ideology? >> well, you know, it's a different world today, piers, where people in this country can form companies in foreign countries, where they pay very little tax, much less tax. and once you start taxing -- and i'm not talking about me. but once you start taxing people that do create jobs and do createness create businesses,
the big deal is really the deal they should make. i don't like the deal where we kick it down the road for six months. this is the time to make the deal. and i have to tell you, the republicans have the cards. people might not think that, but the republicans have all of the cards. and this is the time to get rid of obama care. this is the time to make the great deal. >> i've been following you on twitter, and you've been pretty aggressive about obama on the economy. you believe that he...